intellectual property law

More than three years after the enactment of the AIA, the expanded doctrine of prior user rights remains largely undeveloped, but its existence nonetheless should remain a consideration for businesses as they implement strategy to protect intellectual property rights and trade secrets in particular.

Friend-of-the-court briefs offer an important, even an irreplaceable, means of shaping judicial decisions that will determine how many businesses establish and defend their intellectual property rights

With recent news that Google received attorney fees from a patent troll, the ongoing battle between Apple and Samsung, and new legislation out of North Carolina addressing topics that the U.S. Congress would not, it’s still a busy time in the IP space.